fathom
/ˈfæðəm/ verb C2- To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
- Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of. · I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.
- To measure a depth; to sound.
- To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
He/she/it fathoms · Past fathomed · Past participle fathomed · -ing form fathoming
Verb forms
- Base form
- fathom
- He/she/it
- fathoms
- Past
- fathomed
- Past participle
- fathomed
- -ing form
- fathoming
From the library
I don’t say that we have fathomed it—far from it—but when we have traced the missing dumb-bell—”
The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts.
Well, I do not know that this place contains any secret which we have not already fathomed.
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